The New Vintage Fashion Guild Shop This year started off with a bang, as we hit the ground running with the launch of our new Vintage Fashion Guild Shop on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/vfgshop/. Late last year, a group of members got together to develop a virtual one-stop shopping place, where the public can enjoy a smooth buying experience among our many fine fashion sellers – all in one easy location.

The project, spearheaded by Amanda Legare (VintagefromVermont), is also managed by Maggie Muellner (MagsRagsVintage), Chris Moore (AlleyCatsVintage), and Susan Robbins (NorthstarVintage). It’s easy to register – simply go to the Vintage Fashion Guild Shop page on Facebook, click on the Join button, and enter in your information.

Remember to check us out on social media by visiting all of our pages on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, or by simply typing vintage fashion guild at the search bar. And don’t forget to visit us on our public forums at vintagefashionguild.org. We’d love to hear from you! What’s Inside VFG members have been busy bees, with lots of news and exciting projects in the works. We offer you an issue chock-full of vintage fashion events and auctions, along with an enticing review of the Yves Saint Laurent L’Asie Rêvée exhibition in Paris by Karin Marty; an instructional “how-to” article on deciphering hallmarks on vintage and antique jewelry by Francis Marzilli; and the opportunity to take a “fashion history tour” to England this year, with fashion anthropologist Charlotte Smith. — Laura Milera, Editor

Inside … A Note from the President Members’ News Members’ Projects Augusta Auctions Sale YSL Exhibition in Paris Community Board Vintage Jewelry Hallmarks Take a Fashion Tour to the UK Around The Globe Exhibitions

The YSL L’Asie rêvée exhibition by Karin Marty, page 7.

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Vintage Fashion: When It’s Hot, and When It’s Not Countless times I have heard concern from those in the vintage fashion community, myself included, that they weren’t doing well professionally. It happens to everyone. It’s not always about what you offer, it’s not always that you are doing something wrong, and it’s not always that others are doing something better. It comes and goes in cycles. The longer you are in your profession the greater your chances are of having some times when you are up and some times when you are down. When you are down, keep on going. Your strength and determination will push you through and you will find yourself right back on top. Yours Truly, Caryn McGregor Vintage Fashion Guild President

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Victoria Dinnick of Gadabout was recently interviewed by BlogTO, in the video “Take a look inside Gadabout Vintage”, which invites the viewer on a fun virtual tour of her shop. Gadabout is also offering for sale, a Donald Brooks outfit featured on the January 15, 1970 cover of American Vogue magazine, with photograph by Irving Penn.

The Modern Classic Society partners with local high school fashion design students, “Past Meets Present”.

Under the direction of Helen Douglas -Taylor, Creative Director for The Modern Classic Society and Fashion Design instructor at Jennings Senior High School, the Apparel & Textile students will hold their 1st Annual Fashion Show on March 8, 2019 at 6PM. The event will be held at Jennings Senior High Auditorium, 8850 Cozens Ave., St. Louis, Missouri 63136.

Check our Instagram @themodernclassicsociety and www.themodernclassicsociety.com for fashion show highlights.

Fashion lovers will really enjoy Lotta Yanong’s new resource, The Fashion Map – which provides a calendar of current and future fashion and textile events from around the world and curates the latest fashion news in the industry – all at your fingertips. To learn more, as well as to submit your own event, see page 5.

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Ilaria De Santis, Department Head of Fashion, Luxury and Textiles at Bertolami Fine Arts auction house in Rome, Italy – will be holding a Fashion, Luxury & Textiles auction on Friday, April 12, 2019. There will be several lots of museum-worthy fashions, including designer pieces by Versace, Capucci, Azzaro, Lanvin, Gucci, Pucci, Coveri, Hermès, and many more. Highlights include YSL’s Rive Gauche Safari Jacket from 1968/69, a Paco Rabanne bag from the late 1960s, a Fernanda Gattinoni evening dress as worn by Elizabeth Taylor in the 1960s, a rare Art Deco jewelry set by Corbella made for the opera Aïda, and other iconic items. The complete catalog will be made available by mid March, on the Bertolami website. For a hard copy or for more information, please email Ilaria directly.

Last January, Barbara Schwartz of Trufaux Jewels, presented Costume Jewelry During World War II: Materials, Motifs, & Makers at the Jewelry History Series of The

Original Miami Antique Show.

Additionally, Barbara’s article (written with Robin Deutsch), Schreiber & Hiller: A Jewelry Mystery Solved, was published in Adornment, The Magazine of Jewelry & Related Arts, Vol. 11, No. 4.

Susan Robbins of Northstar Vintage, will be selling at the Brimfield Antique Show from May 13 - 19. You can find Susan at the Vintage Fashion Tent on the Mahogany Ridge Field, along with a dozen other vintage clothing dealers.

The Fashion Tent opens at daybreak on the 13th, and

will be open every day until the end of the show, from

sunrise to around 5pm.

May is the busiest show of the year and the fields will

be packed with fresh inventory.

Last December, Jonathan Walford of the Fashion History Museum in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada – had a book launch for his latest tome, Fashioning Canada Since 1867. Copies can be purchased via the museum website.

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The Modern Classic Society, along with Lindenwood University’s Fashion and Business Entrepreneurship department, will attend Nelly Don the Musical at the Crown Center in Kansas City Missouri in March.

The above attendees are celebrating the life and legacy of Nell Quinlan Donnelly aka “Nelly Don”, a Lindenwood alum (1907-1909), famous Kansas City dressmaker and visionary educational leader for women.

Nelly Don’s great-great nephew, Terence O’Malley is given credit and recognition for the historic development and production of Nelly Don the Musical.

Dr. Lisa S. Thompson, founder of The Modern Classic Society, features her research study titled Nelly Don: An Educational Leader. Thompson’s research revealed evidence that further acknowledged Mrs. Nell Quinlan (Donnelly) Reed as a revolutionary 20th century dressmaker and owner of Donnelly Garment Company, as well as a visionary educational leader and dutiful benefactor at Lindenwood (College) University for over sixty years.

The Modern Classic Society has collected over 25 Nelly Don dresses, dated from the early 1920s to the 1970s. For more details about Nelly Don the Musical, visit www.NellyDon.com

To read the full dissertation, click on https://pqdtopen.proquest.com/pubnum/10823556.html

THE FASHION MAP, founded by Lotta Yanong of Delux Redux, is an online resource for fashion and textile exhibitions and events around the world. Save time and use the interactive calendar to plan your research trips, vacations, and staycations. THE FASHION MAP includes the following fashion and textile events:

• Exhibitions • Fashion Week • Fashion Show • Fashion Film Festival • Fashion College Event • Symposium/Conference • Trade Show • Sustainable Fashion Event • Fashion Auction

Event listings are conveniently searchable by all essential information including event type, event name, venue, location, and dates. The calendar

may be viewed in six different ways depending on your preference. THE FASHION MAP welcomes all companies, schools, museums, designers, and organizations to add your event to the calendar. There is no cost to enter a general event listing. Stay connected and follow our social media accounts on Facebook and Instagram for a curated selection of stunning fashion imagery & event information.

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Two-Day Vintage Clothing Sale at Augusta Auctions by Augusta Auctions Staff Augusta Auctions staff have been working for months preparing for our annual two-day Catalog & Discovery sales – the most anticipated vintage fashion buying event of the year. Including vintage fashion objects from more than 30 museums, historical societies, estates and individual consignors, the May 14-15 sales promise to be the best possible for all lovers of vintage clothing and historic textiles. On Tuesday, May 14th, starting at 2PM, more than 300 catalogued lots of vintage clothing will cross the auction block, all without reserves. Lots include gowns by WORTH, DIOR, FORTUNY, shoes, hats, 18th and 19th century clothing and accessories, more items from the closets of KATHARINE HEPBURN, and other vintage treasures.

Our “Museum Box Lot” sale will follow in the evening with large unpicked box lots sold directly from an important mid-western museum deaccession. On the following day, Wednesday, May 15th, the catalogued sale of historical textiles, quilts, paisleys, laces, veils, curtains and tablecloths, incredible trims and ribbons, and rugs, will start at Noon (preview begins at 11AM). Wednesday’s Discovery sale, beginning around 3PM, will offer another 3,000 to 4,000 uncatalogued vintage items from many museums, historical societies and private collections pulled unsorted directly from the boxes. This portion of the sale will continue well into the evening, so be prepared for a long day of vintage pleasure. New museum boxes will be added to the Discovery tables continuously until everything is sold. A preview of catalog auction lots with photos, can be found at the Augusta Auctions website. For both catalog auctions, Absentee bids and Internet bids are offered for all lots. Customers must be in attendance to purchase Discovery lots. Both days’ sales are held rain or shine, in the ballroom of the Sturbridge Host Hotel, Route 20, Sturbridge,

Massachusetts – six miles east of the Brimfield Antique fields. Call the auction house at 802-376-7166 or at 802-376-9988 with any questions.

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L’Asie Rêvée d’Yves Saint Laurent

By Karin Marty • willynillyart

I saw this excellent exhibition last November at the Musée Yves Saint Laurent in Paris. This was their first temporary exhibition after the museum had been remodeled and enlarged.

It focused on Saint Laurent’s Asian inspired designs and was grouped into several themes: Imperial China, Floral China, India, Opium and Japan. Between his own fantastic designs, there were also antiques and antique garments on show from his own collection, plus photos from runway shows, beautiful drawings and pages from the design books.

It was fascinating to see the finished garment and beside it, the page with the original design drawing, notes on fabric and notions, complete with prices for each. You do not usually get to see this far “behind the scenes” in fashion exhibitions.

Opium of course focused on the perfume of the same name and showed how the bottle and advertising campaign were created. Rich colors and fantastic fabrics like silk, lame, velvet, plus rhinestones and embroideries were everywhere – it was pure eye candy!

My favorite parts were Floral China, because of the colors, and India, again for the colors and especially also the color combinations (who ever thought of blue, fuchsia, orange red and golden yellow together!) – which is why he is one of my favorite designers anyway.

What I also loved was that most garments were not behind glass, so that even in the darker exhibition rooms, it was easy to see details. Another highlight was Yves Saint Laurent’s studio, which has been made accessible as well. It really looks like he only just left. What impressed me most about it were probably the shelves full of art books. I’d love to have a nose through there!

Floral China. © Karin Marty. All rights reserved.

India. © Karin Marty. All rights reserved.

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I had been to the museum once before, before it was remodeled. I really like how it is now – it isn’t huge, but they manage to show quite a lot in that space, and it looks like this is a museum that will be open most time of the year, except when they change exhibitions. And with that collection, there will surely be many more interesting exhibitions to follow!

India (left) and Japan (right). © Karin Marty. All rights reserved.

Yves Saint Laurent’s studio. © Karin Marty. All rights reserved.

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Shop Till You Drop Enjoy an extravaganza of vintage delights at the new Vintage Fashion Guild Shop on Facebook. It’s quick and easy to join – then “shop till you drop” from a selection of fresh vintage fashion items, with many listings exclusive to the Shop for the first 48 hours. You’ll get first pick, but you’ll need to act fast! So come join us today. 1950s polka dot dress with cartwheel hat, modeled by Sarah Torres for denisebrain. © Maggie Wilds.

March Fashion Parades Come join us at our weekly vintage Fashion Parade with new themes posted every Monday. This March we are celebrating: March 4 • Aquamarine March 11 • Statement Gowns March 18 • Rough & Ready Textures March 25 • It’s a Jungle Out There You can follow the VFG Fashion Parades on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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Hallmarks On Vintage Gold, Silver & Platinum Jewelry

By Francis Marzilli, Registered Gemologist Appraiser • Marzilli Vintage Interpreting hallmarks on vintage and antique jewelry can be a daunting task, particularly in today’s global economy, where trading in gold and silver objects from all over the world is common for even very small businesses. Complicating things is the fact that standards, marking requirements, and systems used to measure and assign value to precious metals, differ from country-to-country. Thankfully, all of the various systems most commonly seen in the vintage and antique jewelry industry today, are based on either a scale of parts-per-thousand or, in the case of gold objects, as a ratio of gold to other metals in a specific gold alloy. Gold Purity Marks Gold purity (fineness) in some countries is described by a scale of Karats (spelled “carats” outside of North America), with pure or 24 karat gold, at the top. Other common purities include 18K, 14K, 12K, 10K and 9K. Most countries, particularly in Europe, express gold fineness in parts-per-thousand, with 24K(ct) gold corresponding to 999.9, 18K gold to 750, 14K to 585, and 10K to 417. Though this may seem complicated at first, consider that 18 is 75% of 24, and 750, the European mark for 18K gold, can also be expressed as 75% of 1,000. Using 14K gold as an example, 14 is 58.5 percent of 24, and 585, the European mark for 14k gold, can be expressed as 58.5% of 1,000. The following chart should help make this clear.

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Although most vintage and antique jewelry will be marked using one of these systems, some countries, most notably France as seen below, use pictographs to indicate purity (courtesy 925-1000.com):

Jewelry from the middle of the 20th Century and later can be marked with both systems, like this 14k gold ring from the 1980’s which is marked “14k” and “585”.

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There are also numerous marks on jewelry that is plated with a layer of gold over silver (vermeil) or a base metal. These can include a karat designation and should not be confused with the marks “14KP,” or “14P” – the “p” meaning plumb and indicating that the gold purity has been calculated and is guaranteed precise to the designated mark. Some common examples in order of heaviest to lightest gold plating.

• G.F. - Gold Filled

• 1/20 12k (10K, 14k, 18k, etc.) G.F. - A very common mark indicating an item’s total weight is 1/20th or 5%, 12k gold.

• H.G.E. or H.G.P. - Heavy Gold Electroplate (Plate)

This “14K Plumb" mark indicates a purity guarantee of at least 14k gold.

This mark indicates an object with a heavy electroplating of 18k gold.

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Silver Purity Marks Marks on silver and platinum are a little easier to decipher, again with the exception of France and a few other countries that use pictographs.

• 800 - 800/1000 - 80% pure silver • 925 - 925/1000 - 92.5% pure silver • 980 - 980/1000 - 98% pure silver • 999 - 999/1000 - 99% pure silver

Other marks on silver include “Coin,” which is 90% pure silver, “Sterling, Ster., 925S or Sterling Silver for 925/1000, or 92.5 percent pure silver, and numerous other three-digit marks, all indicating pureness using the above systems as in: 835 - 835/100 - 83.5% pure silver, etc. A mid-century David Andersen pendant showing both “Sterling” and “925 S” marks.

A “950” mark.

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Platinum Purity Marks Other marks on platinum may or may not include a percentage and/or a second metal, most commonly palladium or iridium. Some examples are “Plat” or “850 (900, 950) Plat” for objects that are 85, 90 or 95% platinum, “900Plat - 100Irid” for an alloy of 90% platinum and 10% Iridium, and “900Plat - 100Pd” for 90% platinum and 10% palladium.

• 850 - 850/1000 - 85% pure platinum • 900 - 900/1000 - 90% pure platinum • 950 - 950/1000 - 95% pure platinum • 999 - 999/1000 - 99.9 percent pure platinum

The standard for marking jewelry with any platinum designation is a minimum of 85% purity, so this ring may be as much as 15% iridium, palladium or a similar metal.

This Art Deco ring is 90% platinum and 10% iridium.

Earlier pieces made before strict standards became widespread, may be stamped with one or more of the above marks, marked in an archaic system or symbol, or not marked at all. For unmarked items or marks that resist one’s most diligent efforts to identify, testing for purity either using acids or an electronic tester are necessary. Countries using pictographs can be problematic and require reference resources, books or appropriate Internet sites, where these may be researched and identified.

Although a full and thorough knowledge of marks on antique and vintage jewelry requires a long and exhaustive effort, some variation of the marks discussed here will be found on the vast majority of jewelry one sees in today's marketplace. Together, they represent a good working knowledge of the basics as well as an important context for deciphering those anomalies we all run into from time-to-time. All images © Francis Marzilli. All rights reserved.

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The Ultimate Luxury Fashion History Tour to England

By Charlotte Smith, Fashion Anthropologist • The Charlotte Smith Fashion Collection Sharing my passion for fashion history is a cornerstone for why I continually curate exhibitions of my collection, The Charlotte Smith Fashion Collection (formerly known as The Darnell Collection). Yet, when I’m asked to share my knowledge, my industry friends and colleagues, and my favourite haunts in beautiful parts of the world without having to set up a single mannequin or steam a single gown, I get extra excited. So, last year, after an Australian tour company approached me to curate and then guide a fashion history tour anywhere in the world, I jumped at the chance and chose England, home to some of the great museums, fashion collections and textile experts on earth, as well as being my home for many years. I also chose England because of the stunning ‘Austen-esque’ countryside through which we could travel, the grand country house hotels in which we could stay and the restaurants at which we could enjoy some of the finest food served in the country. I chose England because it is respected for its fashion culture and also because I want to share the secret corners as well as the most beloved ones I have discovered.

The Tour This tour is definitely the first-ever dedicated to fashion history. It is a unique opportunity to experience fashion (and social) history from a behind-the-scenes perspective and meet with curators and historians who have created bespoke lectures and private viewings just for us. For example, Edwina Ehrman, Head Curator of Fashion at the Victoria & Albert, author of twenty fashion books and curator of numerous mega exhibitions, will give us an intimate look at precious archive pieces as well as talk us through their histories. Rebecca Shawcross, Head Curator at the Northampton Shoe Museum, will bring out a rare and priceless selection of shoes from the collection and talk us through a timeline of shoe history.

Real life 'Kinky Boots' (Photo: Northampton Shoe Museum)

Photo: National Trust, Stourhead & Berrington Hall; Longleat House and Gardens.

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At Allhallows Lace Museum, we will not only look at examples of delicate antique Honiton lace, but also enjoy watching artisans make lace, continuing the Honiton lace making tradition. And much to my delight, Elly Summers, Exhibition Curator at The Fashion Museum in Bath, will work with our group in their textile room, allowing us to get up close with rare items from the collection.

Of course, a visit to the Beatles Museum will give us psychedelic colour while a visit to the National Trust’s Berrington Hall near Leominster to see ‘The Shirt’, Mr Darcy’s ‘lake’ shirt, will give us a contemplative swoon moment. We will also visit a lesser known, but no less wonderful historic fashion museum, Totnes Fashion and Textile Museum, in South Devon as we travel to Dartmouth and Agatha Christie’s house, followed by dinner at the top class fish restaurant, The Seahorse. Housed in a Tudor merchant’s home, mid way up the steep incline that makes Totnes High Street, is this unique fashion museum, housed in a

But aside from fashion (just in case any non-fashion obsessed gentlemen or women would like to join us!), this tour also offers a 5-star travel and lifestyle experience - from our luxury coaches and ground tour operator ready to help with our every whim to the architecturally magnificent hotels in which we stay and dine. We visit renowned English gardens, historic villages, majestic cathedrals and stately homes. Every other night, a friend or colleague will join us for dinner and give a special private talk just for our group. Highlights One of the highlights will be two nights (we stay in each hotel for two nights to ensure a relaxed journey as well as dine one night in the hotel’s restaurant) at Bovey Castle Hotel, set on the edge of Dartmoor, the setting for Agatha Christies’ A.B.C. Murders and Jane Austen’s Sense & Sensibility.

Psychedelic Colour in the 60s and in the 20s (Photo: The Beatles Museum; Northampton Shoe Museum.)

Honiton Lace. Photo: Allhallows Museum.

building worthy of being a museum itself.

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We also stay at the 5 star Royal Crescent Hotel that sits high above Bath city giving us glorious views as we dine both nights in the hotel’s elegant restaurant, The Dower House. As well, later in the trip, we relax at the Edwardian Baroque-style Midland Hotel in Manchester, an establishment that has welcomed royalty, politicians and music legends since 1903. There are so many incredible things I plan to do with you, my fellow fashion history buffs, that this will be an adventure of a lifetime. And I have a few surprises up my sleeve too. For anyone who is familiar with one of my cherished charities, for which I am an Ambassador here in Australia, a percentage of proceeds from bookings will be donated to Dress for Success Sydney. I really look forward to welcoming each and every one of you on this fashion history journey to one of my favourite countries. It will be a pleasure to share this experience with you all. If you are travelling from Australia (where I live!) and would like to book your own flight, we have a ‘Land Only Price’. For anyone travelling from another country and would like to meet us in London, please contact me for a ‘Land Only Price’ price that excludes airfare and our first overnight experience in Doha on our way to London. A beautiful online brochure, in flipbook format, can be seen at www.thecharlottesmithfashioncollection.com

Or contact me at charlotte@thedarnellcollection.com So … meet me in London on Sunday, August 4th, 2019! We will have an extraordinary time together.

The Roaring Twenties in Bath, England (Photo: Museum of Fashion in Bath).

Fabulously Fluttery: Philip Tracy for Alexander McQueen (Photo: V&A Museum)

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Asia-Pacific Australia Melbourne Museum Fashion Redux • Current – 31 March 2019 Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences Akira Isogawa • Current – 30 June 2019 40 Years of Fabulousness • Current – March 2019 Museum of Brisbane The Designers’ Guide: Easton Pearson Archive • Current – 22 April 2019 National Film and Sound Archive of Australia The Dressmaker Costume Exhibition • 18 April – 18 August 2019 National Gallery of Victoria Designing Women • Current – 24 March 2019 The Krystyna Campbell – Pretty Fashion Gift • Current – 14 July 2019 New Zealand Auckland Art Gallery Toi O Tāmaki Pacific Sisters: He Toa Tāera | Fashion Activists • Current – 14 July 2019 New Zealand Fashion Museum A Decorative Bias: Parisian Ties 1919-2019 • 14 March – 14 April 2019 Waikato Museum Cut! Costume and Cinema • 13 April – 21 July 2019 Canada Bata Shoe Museum The Gold Standard: Glittering Footwear From Around the Globe • Running through 2019 Want: Desire, Design and Depression Era Footwear • Current – 30 March 2020 Fashion History Museum Made in France • 16 March – 22 December 2019 Mississippi Valley Textile Museum WARdrobe • 12 October – 14 December 2019 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Thierry Mugler Couturissime • Current – 8 September 2019

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Canada … cont. Oakville Museum Hair: The Long and Short of It! • Current – October 2019 Royal Ontario Museum The Cloth That Changed the World: India’s Painted and Printed Cottons • 30 November 2019 – 19 April 2020 Steward Museum Paris on Display: 18th Century Boutiques • Current – 24 March 2019 University of Alberta Fashion in Print • Current – 8 March 2019 Europe Belgium Art & History Museum Inca Dress Code: Textiles and Adornment of the Andes • Current – 21 April 2019 Museum of Fashion and Lace Back Side – Fashion from Behind • Current – 31 March 2019 France Alaïa Museum Azzedine Alaïa Collector. Adrian and Alaïa. The Art of Tailoring • Current – 23 June 2019 La Réunion des Musées Métropolitains Le Temps des Collections VII: Did You Say Jewelry? • Current – 19 May 2019 Musée Bourdelle Balenciaga, L’oeuvre au Noir • 8 March – 16 July 2019 Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris The Mondrian Revolution • Current – 31 December 2019 Germany Darmstadt Museum Schmuck von Jugendstil bis Art Déco • 10 May – 11 August 2019 Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim A Newly Ordered World. Jewellery from the Napoleonic Era • 19 October 2019 – March 2020 Staatliche Museen zu Berlin The Crown of Kerch: Treasures from the Dawn of European History • Current – 29 September 2019

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Europe … cont. Italy Le Gallerie Degli Uffizi Animalia Fashion • Current – 5 May 2019 Museo del Gioiello Vicenza Jewellery of Power: Crowns and Tiaras • Current – 17 March 2019 Parco Archeologico di Ercolano SplendOri: Luxury in the Ornaments of Herculaneum • Current – 30 September 2019 Salvatore Ferragamo Museum Italy in Hollywood • Current – 10 March 2019 The Netherlands Hermitage Amsterdam Jewels • 14 September 2019 – 15 March 2020 Treasury • Current – 25 August 2019 Textiel Museum Art of Lace: From Chanel to Iris van Herpen • 16 November 2019 – 10 May 2020 Bauhaus & Modern Textiles in The Netherlands • 25 May – 3 November 2019 Cultural Threads • Current – 12 May 2019 Spain Cristóbal Balenciaga Museoa Cristóbal Balenciaga. Fashion and Heritage • Current – 12 January 2020 Museo del Traje El poder de la imagen. Agatha Ruiz de la Prada • Current – 31 March 2019 Sweden Nordiska Museet My 1950s: Women. Fashion. Everyday Life • Current – 31 December 2020 Textile Museum Balenciaga – Master of Couture • Current – 21 April 2019 Switzerland St. Gallen Textile Museum Circus Fashion Knie • Current – 19 January 2020

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Europe … cont. United Kingdom Devon Museums What Do You Collect Handkerchiefs • Current – 7 April 2019 Fashion and Textile Museum Swinging London: A Lifestyle Revolution / Terence Conran – Mary Quant • Current – 2 June 2019 Weavers of the Clouds: Textile Arts of Peru • 21 June – 8 September 2019 Zandra Rhodes: Fifty Years of Fabulous • 27 September 2019 – 26 January 2020 The Fashion Museum, Bath Dress of the Year 2018 • Current – December 2019 Glove Stories • Current – 1 March 2020 Royal Women • Current – 28 April 2019 Historic Royal Palaces – Kensington Palace The Favourite: Costume Display • Current – 10 March 2019 Diana: Designing for a Princess • Ongoing The Library and Museum of Mason and Freemasonry Bejewelled: Badges, Brotherhood and Identity • Current – 24 August 2019 National Museum of Scotland Body Beautiful: Diversity on the Catwalk • 23 May – 20 October 2019 National Museums Liverpool Model Image: Fashion and photos from the 1950s • Current – 16 June 2019 Taking Liberties: Women’s Suffrage in Liverpool • Ongoing Victoria & Albert Museum Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams • Current – 14 July 2019 Exquisite Artistry: Victorian jewellery designs from the firm of John Brogden • Current –

17 November 2019 Mary Quant • 6 April 2019 – 16 February 2020 Worthing Museum & Art Gallery Memory of Clothes – Podcast York Castle Museum A Personal Collection of Vivienne Westwood Shoes • Current – 28 April 2019 Shaping the Body: 400 Years of Fashion, Food & Life • Ongoing

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United States Arizona Heard Museum Sonwai: The Jewelry of Verma Nequatewa • Current – 10 March 2019 Phoenix Museum of Art Ultracontemporary • Current – 24 March 2019 California Asian Art Museum Kimono Refashioned • Current – 5 May 2019 Bowers Museum Guo Pei: Couture Beyond • 9 March – 14 July 2019 de Young, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Fans of the Eighteenth Century • Current – 30 June 2019 FIDM Museum & Galleries 27th Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition • Current – 12 April 2019 Capturing the Catwalk: Runway Photography from the Michael Arnaud Archive • Current – 31 August 2019 Majesty and Mystery: Saving a Napoleonic Court Gown • Current – 12 April 2019 Lacis Museum of Lace & Textiles Shawls of Lace • 18 May 2019 – 5 May 2020 LACMA Power of Pattern: Central Asian Ikats from the David and Elizabeth Reisbord Collection • Current – 28 July 2019 Los Angeles County Natural History Museum Art of the Jewel: The Crevoshay Collection • Current – 12 May 2019 San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles Borders • 31 July – 13 October 2019 Kristen Martincic: Swim Club • 21 April – 14 July 2019 Mayan Traje: A Tradition in Transition • 21 July – 13 October 2019 Santa Barbara Historical Museum The West-Dressed Woman • Current – 15 April 2019 Colorado Denver Art Museum Dior: From Paris to the World • Current – 17 March 2019 Delaware Costuming the Crown • 30 March 2019 – 5 January 2020

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United States … cont. Florida City Place, West Palm Beach Downton Abbey – The Exhibition • Current Flagler Museum Maker & Muse: Women and Early Twentieth Century Art Jewelry • Current – 26 May 2019 Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg Jewels of the Imagination: Radiant Masterworks by Jean Schlumberger from the Mellon Collection • Current – 31 May 2019 Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts Designed to Mobilize: Propaganda Kimono 1920 – 1945 • Current – 4 May 2019 Georgia SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion & Film Trine Søndergaard Exhibition: ‘Guldnakke’ • Current – 28 July 2019 Hawaii Honolulu Museum of Art Golden Opportunities • Current – 14 April 2019 Illinois Art Institute Chicago Ornamental Traditions: Jewelry from Bukhara • Current – 30 June 2019 Super/Natural: Textiles of the Andes • Current – 16 June 2019 Massachusetts Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Boston Made: Arts and Crafts Jewelry and Metalwork • Current – 29 March 2019 Gender Bending Fashion • 21 March – 25 August 2019 Made Visible: Contemporary South African Fashion and Identity • Current – 12 May 2019 Past is Present: Revival Jewelry • Current – 19 August 2019 Minnesota Minneapolis Institute of Art Emblems of a Prosperous Life: Women’s Robes of Late Imperial China (1700s-1900s) • Current – 21 April 2019 University of Minnesota, Goldstein Museum of Design Dior to Disco • 8 June – 15 September 2019 Missouri Missouri Historic Costume and Textile Collection Art (and Fashion) in Bloom • 15 - 17 March 2019 Flora and Fashion • Coming September 2019

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United States … cont. New Jersey Newark Museum Jewelry: From Pearls to Platinum to Plastic – Ongoing Tiaras to Toe Rings: Asian Ornaments • Ongoing New Mexico Museum of International Folk Art Dressing with Purpose: Belonging and Resistance in Scandinavia • 21 June 2020 –12 September 2021 New York Albany Institute of History & Art Bejeweled and Bedazzled: Jewelry and Personal Adornment • Current – 9 June 2019 Bard Graduate Center Gallery A View from the Jeweler’s Bench: Ancient Treasures, Contemporary Statements • Current – 7 July 2019 Brooklyn Museum Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving • Current – 12 May 2019 One: Egúngún • Current – 18 August 2019 Cornell Costume & Textile Collection Women Empowered: Fashions from the Frontline • Current – 31 March 2019 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Camp: Notes on Fashion • 9 May – 8 September 2019 The Museum at FIT Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse • 7 February 2020 – 18 April 2020 Exhibitionism: 50 Years of The Museum at FIT • Current – 20 April 2019 Fabric in Fashion • Current – 4 May 2019 Minimalism/Maximalism • 28 May – 16 November 2019 Paris, Capital of Fashion • 6 September 2019 – 4 January 2020 Power Mode • 10 December 2019 – 9 May 2020 Shoes • September 2021 –January 2022 The Traphagen School: Fostering American Fashion • Current – 30 March 2019 The Museum of the City of New York Worth & Mainbocher: Demystifying the Haute Couture • Ongoing North Carolina Biltmore House A Vanderbilt House Party – The Gilded Age • Current – 27 May 2019 Mint Museum African Print Fashion Now! A Story of Taste, Globalization, and Style • Current – 28 April 2019

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United States … cont. Ohio Cincinnati Art Museum Kimono: Refashioning Contemporary Style • 28 June – 15 September 2019 Historic Costume & Textile Collection – Ohio State University On Exhibit: Sports & Fashion • Current – 26 April 2019 Kent State University Museum Beyond the Suit: Contemporary Menswear from the Collection of Andre Marr and Dominic Iudiciani Current – 30 June 2019 Fashion Meets the Body: Juried KSU Faculty Exhibition • Current – 25 August 2019 Fashion Timeline • Current – 27 June 2021 Pennsylvania Drexel University Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection The Fox Collection, 2008-2018: A Decade of Renewal • Current – 23 March 2019 Reading Public Museum CUT! Costume and the Cinema • 21 September 2019 – 5 January 2020 Rhode Island RISD Museum Repair and Design Futures • Current – 30 June 2019 Texas Dallas Museum of Art Asian Textiles: Art and Trade Along the Silk Road • Current – 18 August 2019 Dior: From Paris to the World • 19 May – 1 September 2019 Ellen Noël Art Museum The Golden Age of Hollywood: Costumes from the Gene London Cinema Collection • Current – 10 March 2019 University of North Texas, Texas Fashion Collection Faux Real: Fashion Inspired by Nature • Current – 5 May 2019 Washington, District of Columbia Hillwood Estates Museum & Gardens Perfume & Seduction • Current – 9 June 2019 National Museum of the American Indian REDress Project • Current –31 March 2019 Smithsonian National Museum of African Art Good as Gold: Fashioning Senegalese Women • Ongoing

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